babirusa

• babirussa
• babiroussa, babyroussa

From scientific Latin babyroussa (later as specific name), and its source, Malay babi rusa, from babi (“pig”) + rusa (“deer”).

babirusa (plural babirusas)

1. Any mammal in the genus Babyrousa in the pig family Suidae, in which the upper tusk grows upward.

   Synonym: Indian hog

   • 2018 May 17, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian‎^[1]:

     And there are wild pigs, babirusas, with wrinkled skin and impressive upper tusks that instead of growing down, grow up and backwards toward the skull.

• Bola Batu babirusa, Buru babirusa, Malenge babirusa, North Sulawesi babirusa

From babi (“pig”) +‎ rusa (“deer”), from the resemblance of the tusks to antlers.

babirusa (plural babirusa-babirusa)

1. Buru babirusa, Babyrousa babyrussa

Borrowed from Malay babirusa.

• IPA^(key): /babiˈɾusa/ [ba.β̞iˈɾu.sa]
• Rhymes: -usa
• Syllabification: ba‧bi‧ru‧sa

babirusa m (plural babirusas)

1. babirusa

• “babirusa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024